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November 19, 2020 "The slowdowns" on the implementation of the Recovery Fund "certainly do not come from Italy: we must hope that they do not come from a breath of sovereignty that still breathes, marginally, but still blows in Europe".

Thus the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in his speech at the Anci assembly where he launched the appeal to the mayors: "We must work together, we have the same goal: to secure the country and relaunch economic and commercial activities".

"Today a fake news was published in large letters in a newspaper: that Italy would be late on the Recovery Plan. Well, it is fake news, it was invented from scratch - said the premier - We presented the lines guide that have been shared with a parliamentary passage: we work weekly with the Commission. We are working to define the regulatory structure that will allow us that the plan can receive rapid implementation, yesterday we were engaged in meetings until 11 pm precisely on this ".

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Giuseppe Conte makes "the commitment to allow municipalities to advance sums" to exempt closed activities from certain taxes that mayors at this time consider "unfair".

"We do it with a regulation in the restorations ter and as a government we are committed to returning these sums in 2021", announces Conte during the Anci assembly to the president Anci Antonio Decaro.

Conte also recalls that municipalities can also use the resources that have been left over in the refreshment fund, where over 5 billion had been posted.

"I undertake to evaluate the Tosap, the tax for the occupation of public land, a tax, which bars and restaurants are very keen to suspend. We have allocated about 300 million for the facilities in 2020, I undertake to reproduce the measure also in 2021 "continued the premier.

"De Caro is right: we need to make these mechanisms and parameters transparent and clear to the entire population, but let's talk about algorithms and it's a bit complicated to make a complex mechanism simple" explains Conte.

"We always remember that within the control room there are three representatives of the regions who helped to elaborate these parameters and each time they participate in the communication of the outcome of the monitoring. However we will do even more to try to make these clear and transparent. mechanisms, but this does not become confusion ".

"I am not an expert or a scientist, but to say 5 and 3 is a scientific and not a political debate, we must also trust the experts. The debate is open, we agreed that it is good that Professor Brusaferro and experts explain the parameters well to the presidents of the regions "recalled the premier.

And he continues: "In the next few hours there will be a meeting and there will be a contradiction with them, we will see what are the complaints of the presidents of the regions and their validity. But to say today that it would be better to go from 21 to 5 to 3 does not make much sense ". 

Provinces of different colors within the same Region?

"The mechanism we adopt is already calibrated also on a provincial basis, it is possible to differentiate more areas in the same regions areas, so as to adopt more rigid measures in the provinces most at risk" but also lighter ones in the provinces "less at risk, which they do not deserve penalties. It is already foreseen in the Dpcm, a request from the governor is needed, based on a scientific basis, Minister Speranza will then evaluate "explains the Prime Minister.

"Even scientists do not venture to say what the epidemiological curve will be at Christmas. We must get close and measure the interventions, certainly we are preparing for various scenarios, but we cannot know what the curve at Christmas, this is impossible "underlines Conte.

And he continues: "We must prepare ourselves to spend the holidays in a more sober way, balls, celebrations are not possible. We need common sense, a week of unleashed sociability would mean paying a sharp rise in the curve in January and it would be crazy". 

The President @GiuseppeConteIT addresses the Assembly of the National Association of Italian Municipalities # anci2020

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